http://s.huffpost.com/images/HuffingtonPost_250x20.png tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2012:/tag/2012-speculatron Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/25/cory-booker-goes-off-mess_n_1545963.html 2012-05-25T17:17:23Z 2012-05-25T17:17:46Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ This week, the 2012 election season finally got to pig out on an empty-calorie feeding frenzy, in which everyone in the media pretended to have some sort of lofty conversation about the role of private equity in society while actually reminding everyone else that political elites are completely removed from the real-life stakes of the lives of normal Americans. It made for a great show, though! Pundits screwed on their super-serious faces and reporters faked thoughtfulness and everyone who was pretending to know something about the subject did a fine job of acting like they were doing something interesting. But let's face it: The only reason anyone was talking about private equity was because somewhere, some surrogate had gone "off message," and suddenly there was catnip everywhere! <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/2012-speculatron">2012 Speculatron</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-speculation">2012 Speculation</a>, <a href="/tag/cory-booker">Cory Booker</a>, <a href="/tag/north-dakota-senate-2012">North Dakota Senate 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/arkansas-primary-2012">Arkansas Primary 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/mitch-daniels">Mitch Daniels</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney">Mitt Romney</a>, <a href="/tag/cory-booker-bain">Cory Booker Bain</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/2012">2012</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/unemployment">Unemployment</a>, <a href="/tag/cory-booker-obama">Cory Booker Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-election">2012 Election</a>, <a href="/tag/bain-capitol">Bain Capitol</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney-2012">Mitt Romney 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/kentucky-primary-2012">Kentucky Primary 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/arizona-house-races">Arizona House Races</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama-2012">Barack Obama 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/veepstakes">Veepstakes</a>, <a href="/tag/north-dakota-senate">North Dakota Senate</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/24/late-returns-expert-advice-polling_n_1544201.html 2012-05-24T19:23:05Z 2012-05-24T19:23:58Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ We have apparently entered the part of the 2012 mid season where the rapid accumulation of polling data is met by a burgeoning field of experts who th... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/polls">Polls</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-speculation">2012 Speculation</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-speculatron">2012 Speculatron</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/polling">Polling</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-election">2012 Election</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney-2012">Mitt Romney 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/campaign-ads">Campaign Ads</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney">Mitt Romney</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama-2012">Barack Obama 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/campaign-adwatch">Campaign Adwatch</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/2012">2012</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/24/elizabeth-warren-cherokee-indian_n_1543809.html 2012-05-24T16:40:05Z 2012-05-24T16:53:42Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ For a long while now, the hotly contested Senate race between Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) and his Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren has centered a... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/scott-brown">Scott Brown</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-speculatron">2012 Speculatron</a>, <a href="/tag/elizabeth-warren">Elizabeth Warren</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-speculation">2012 Speculation</a>, <a href="/tag/elizabeth-warren-indian">Elizabeth Warren Indian</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-election">2012 Election</a>, <a href="/tag/massachusetts-senate-2012">Massachusetts Senate 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/media-criticism">Media Criticism</a>, <a href="/tag/elizabeth-warren-native-american">Elizabeth Warren Native American</a>, <a href="/tag/ma-sen">Ma-Sen</a>, <a href="/tag/elizabeth-warren-cherokee">Elizabeth Warren Cherokee</a>, <a href="/tag/massachusetts-senate-race">Massachusetts Senate Race</a>, <a href="/tag/2012">2012</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/22/kentucky-primary-arkansas-primary_n_1537743.html 2012-05-22T19:25:42Z 2012-05-22T19:25:23Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ The presidential escapade continues to draw most of the media's attention these days, but there are actually some interesting downticket primaries to ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/birthers">Birthers</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-speculation">2012 Speculation</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-speculatron">2012 Speculatron</a>, <a href="/tag/fearmongering">Fearmongering</a>, <a href="/tag/media-tropes">Media Tropes</a>, <a href="/tag/mitch-mcconnell">Mitch McConnell</a>, <a href="/tag/campaign-ads">Campaign Ads</a>, <a href="/tag/arkansas-primary-2012">Arkansas Primary 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/jeff-flake">Jeff Flake</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/2012">2012</a>, <a href="/tag/rand-paul">Rand Paul</a>, <a href="/tag/arkansas-primary">Arkansas Primary</a>, <a href="/tag/arizona-primary">Arizona Primary</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-election">2012 Election</a>, <a href="/tag/arizona-primary-2012">Arizona Primary 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/media-criticism">Media Criticism</a>, <a href="/tag/kentucky-primary">Kentucky Primary</a>, <a href="/tag/kentucky-primary-2012">Kentucky Primary 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama-2012">Barack Obama 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/deficit-panic">Deficit Panic</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/22/jeff-greenfield-joe-biden-hillary-clinton-vice-president_n_1536964.html 2012-05-22T15:36:39Z 2012-05-22T15:26:29Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Jeff Greenfield has heard all of your wild-eyed ideas about the possibility that President Barack Obama might pursue some election year gambit and swi... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/hillary-vice-president">Hillary Vice President</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-speculatron">2012 Speculatron</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-speculation">2012 Speculation</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/hillary-biden-switch">Hillary Biden Switch</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-election">2012 Election</a>, <a href="/tag/things-you-need-to-stop-doing">Things-You-Need-to-Stop-Doing</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/media-criticism">Media Criticism</a>, <a href="/tag/hillary-clinton">Hillary Clinton</a>, <a href="/tag/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a>, <a href="/tag/2012">2012</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/22/john-wolfe-arkansas-primary_n_1536113.html 2012-05-22T12:10:05Z 2012-05-22T12:11:03Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ If President Barack Obama is going to lose one of these Democratic primaries, it obviously won't be to some convict in West Virginia or to anti-aborti... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/john-wolfe">John Wolfe</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-speculatron">2012 Speculatron</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-speculation">2012 Speculation</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/arkansas-primary">Arkansas Primary</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-election">2012 Election</a>, <a href="/tag/arkansas-primary-2012">Arkansas Primary 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama-2012">Barack Obama 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/john-wolfe-jr">John Wolfe Jr</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/2012">2012</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/18/2012-speculatron-weekly-roundup-may-18_n_1527689.html 2012-05-18T17:42:00Z 2012-05-18T17:42:47Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ What began in Indiana continued in Nebraska this week, as long-shot state Sen. Deb Fischer scored an underdog victory in Nebraska's GOP primary for th... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/deb-fischer">Deb Fischer</a>, <a href="/tag/polls">Polls</a>, <a href="/tag/dnc">Dnc</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-speculatron">2012 Speculatron</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-speculation">2012 Speculation</a>, <a href="/tag/joe-ricketts-obama">Joe Ricketts Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/super-pacs">Super PACs</a>, <a href="/tag/ron-paul">Ron Paul</a>, <a href="/tag/arkansas-primary-2012">Arkansas Primary 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney">Mitt Romney</a>, <a href="/tag/buddy-roemer">Buddy Roemer</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/2012">2012</a>, <a href="/tag/nebraska-senate-2012">Nebraska Senate 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/rand-paul">Rand Paul</a>, <a href="/tag/joe-ricketts-plan">Joe Ricketts Plan</a>, <a href="/tag/polling">Polling</a>, <a href="/tag/wisconsin-recall">Wisconsin Recall</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-election">2012 Election</a>, <a href="/tag/buddy-roemer-2012">Buddy Roemer 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney-2012">Mitt Romney 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/joe-ricketts">Joe Ricketts</a>, <a href="/tag/scott-walker">Scott Walker</a>, <a href="/tag/nebraska-senate-race">Nebraska Senate Race</a>, <a href="/tag/bob-kerrey">Bob Kerrey</a>, <a href="/tag/media-criticism">Media Criticism</a>, <a href="/tag/ron-paul-2012">Ron Paul 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/wisconsin-recall-elections">Wisconsin Recall Elections</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama-2012">Barack Obama 2012</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/late-returns-angus-king_n_1525951.html 2012-05-17T19:26:00Z 2012-05-17T19:26:40Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Nate Silver has taken a look across the great pollscape of American politics and has some good news for Democrats -- their odds of keeping control of ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/2012-speculatron">2012 Speculatron</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/late-returns">Late-Returns</a>, <a href="/tag/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a>, <a href="/tag/maine-senate">Maine Senate</a>, <a href="/tag/clinton-biden">Clinton Biden</a>, <a href="/tag/2012">2012</a>, <a href="/tag/maine-senate-race-2012">Maine Senate Race 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/angus-king-independent">Angus King Independent</a>, <a href="/tag/social-media">Social Media</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/jon-huntsman">Jon Huntsman</a>, <a href="/tag/angus-king-maine-senate">Angus King Maine Senate</a>, <a href="/tag/angus-king">Angus King</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-election">2012 Election</a>, <a href="/tag/affordable-care-act">Affordable Care Act</a>, <a href="/tag/hillary-clinton">Hillary Clinton</a>, <a href="/tag/veepstakes">Veepstakes</a>, <a href="/tag/politics-and-technology">Politics and Technology</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/americans-elect-defeat_n_1525756.html 2012-05-17T18:35:00Z 2012-05-17T18:35:34Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Well, after a couple days of fretting behind the scenes with the members of its "online community" (at least those few members who managed to discover... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/2012-speculatron">2012 Speculatron</a>, <a href="/tag/third-party">Third Party</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-election">2012 Election</a>, <a href="/tag/americans-elect">Americans Elect</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/americans-elect-third-party-candidate">Americans-Elect-Third-Party-Candidate</a>, <a href="/tag/2012">2012</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/americans-elect_n_1525031.html 2012-05-17T15:00:35Z 2012-05-17T15:00:39Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ At some point today, the folks behind Americans Elect -- the super whiz-bang effort to get an anthropomorphic Thomas Friedman column elected president... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/2012-speculatron">2012 Speculatron</a>, <a href="/tag/third-party">Third Party</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/third-party-candidate">Third Party Candidate</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-election">2012 Election</a>, <a href="/tag/americans-elect">Americans Elect</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/americans-elect-third-party-candidate">Americans-Elect-Third-Party-Candidate</a>, <a href="/tag/2012">2012</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/15/late-returns-cornhusker-primary_n_1519489.html 2012-05-15T18:52:00Z 2012-05-15T18:53:04Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ You probably haven't been paying much attention to the Nebraska GOP Senate primary (there is one, and it's tonight), because feh, Nebraska. But over a... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/deb-fischer">Deb Fischer</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-speculatron">2012 Speculatron</a>, <a href="/tag/nebraska-primary-2012">Nebraska Primary 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/jon-bruning">Jon Bruning</a>, <a href="/tag/americans-elect">Americans Elect</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/wall-street-reform">Wall Street Reform</a>, <a href="/tag/citizens-united">Citizens United</a>, <a href="/tag/don-stenberg">Don Stenberg</a>, <a href="/tag/2012">2012</a>, <a href="/tag/campaign-finance">Campaign Finance</a>, <a href="/tag/nebraska-election-2012">Nebraska Election 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-election">2012 Election</a>, <a href="/tag/cornhusker-primary">Cornhusker Primary</a>, <a href="/tag/nancy-pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a>, <a href="/tag/eric-griego">Eric Griego</a>, <a href="/tag/late-returns">Late Returns</a>, <a href="/tag/media-coaches">Media-Coaches</a>, <a href="/tag/nebraska-election">Nebraska Election</a>, <a href="/tag/nebraska-primary">Nebraska Primary</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/15/tim-pawlenty-mitt-romney_n_1518788.html 2012-05-15T15:00:27Z 2012-05-15T15:01:54Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Yesterday, Politico reported that the Romney campaign had come to an important strategic decision that basically boiled down to, "Let's take all the r... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/tim-pawlenty-vice-president">Tim Pawlenty Vice President</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-speculatron">2012 Speculatron</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney-vp">Mitt Romney VP</a>, <a href="/tag/romney-vice-president">Romney Vice President</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney">Mitt Romney</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/2012">2012</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/romney-vp">Romney VP</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-election">2012 Election</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney-2012">Mitt Romney 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/tim-pawlenty-mitt-romney">Tim Pawlenty Mitt Romney</a>, <a href="/tag/tim-pawlenty-2012">Tim Pawlenty 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/tim-pawlenty">Tim Pawlenty</a>, <a href="/tag/veepstakes">Veepstakes</a>, <a href="/tag/incredibly-boring-white-guys">Incredibly Boring White Guys</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/14/mitt-romney-john-mccain_n_1514785.html 2012-05-14T11:33:16Z 2012-05-14T11:33:20Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Today's big campaign take-out from Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei involves the Mitt Romney campaign's strategy in the wake of lessons learned from 2008: ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/mitt-romney-bain-capital">Mitt Romney Bain Capital</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-speculatron">2012 Speculatron</a>, <a href="/tag/john-mccain">John McCain</a>, <a href="/tag/romney-mccain">Romney McCain</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney">Mitt Romney</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/2012">2012</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/romney-vp">Romney VP</a>, <a href="/tag/bain-capital">Bain Capital</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-election">2012 Election</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney-2012">Mitt Romney 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/sarah-palin">Sarah Palin</a>, <a href="/tag/tim-pawlenty">Tim Pawlenty</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney-john-mccain">Mitt Romney John McCain</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/08/north-carolina-amendment-1-gay-rights-movement_n_1501501.html 2012-05-08T19:45:02Z 2012-05-09T09:29:01Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ On Tuesday, North Carolinians voted in favor of an amendment that bans same-sex marriage and civil unions. North Carolina is the last southern state w... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/politics-news">Politics News</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-speculatron">2012 Speculatron</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-rights">Gay Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-marriage-north-carolina">Gay Marriage North Carolina</a>, <a href="/tag/north-carolina-primary">North Carolina Primary</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-rights">LGBT Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/north-carolina-amendment-one">North Carolina Amendment One</a>, <a href="/tag/amendment-1-marriage">Amendment 1 Marriage</a>, <a href="/tag/same-sex-marriage">Same-Sex Marriage</a>, <a href="/tag/marriage-equality">Marriage Equality</a>, <a href="/tag/2012">2012</a>, <a href="/gay-voices">Gay Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/08/north-carolina-amendment-one_n_1500594.html 2012-05-08T14:54:05Z 2012-05-08T14:54:55Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ On one level, the likely passage of Amendment One, which would enshrine in North Carolina's constitution an amendment that states, "Marriage between o... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/2012-speculatron">2012 Speculatron</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-election">2012 Election</a>, <a href="/tag/north-carolina-primary">North Carolina Primary</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/north-carolina-amendment-one">North Carolina Amendment One</a>, <a href="/tag/same-sex-marriage">Same-Sex Marriage</a>, <a href="/tag/2012">2012</a>, <a href="/tag/marriage-equality">Marriage Equality</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/04/2012-speculatron-week_n_1477866.html 2012-05-04T18:43:43Z 2012-05-04T18:49:25Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ This coming Tuesday, in Indiana, voters will go the polls in the GOP Senate primary to decide if they are going to stick with six-term Sen. Dick Lugar... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/2012-speculatron">2012 Speculatron</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-speculation">2012 Speculation</a>, <a href="/tag/indiana-primary-2012">Indiana Primary 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/richard-grenell">Richard Grenell</a>, <a href="/tag/marco-rubio">Marco Rubio</a>, <a href="/tag/ron-paul">Ron Paul</a>, <a href="/tag/buddy-roemer">Buddy Roemer</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney">Mitt Romney</a>, <a href="/tag/newt-gingrich-dropping-out">Newt Gingrich Dropping Out</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/2012">2012</a>, <a href="/tag/richard-grenell-resigns">Richard Grenell Resigns</a>, <a href="/tag/rob-portman">Rob Portman</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-election">2012 Election</a>, <a href="/tag/buddy-roemer-2012">Buddy Roemer 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney-2012">Mitt Romney 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/richard-mourdock">Richard Mourdock</a>, <a href="/tag/ron-paul-2012">Ron Paul 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/indiana-2012">Indiana-2012</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama-2012">Barack Obama 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/newt-gingrich">Newt Gingrich</a>, <a href="/tag/veepstakes">Veepstakes</a>, <a href="/tag/indiana-election-2012">Indiana Election 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/richard-lugar">Richard Lugar</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/03/life-of-julia-trollgaze-obama-romney_n_1476049.html 2012-05-03T19:19:18Z 2012-05-03T19:23:40Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ The latest social media innovation from the Obama campaign is called "The Life Of Julia." It is not, as the title suggests, some outré piece of high-... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/2012-speculatron">2012 Speculatron</a>, <a href="/tag/tareq-salahi-virginia-governor">Tareq Salahi Virginia Governor</a>, <a href="/tag/david-cameron">David Cameron</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney">Mitt Romney</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/arizona">Arizona</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/trolling">Trolling</a>, <a href="/tag/mike-gravel">Mike Gravel</a>, <a href="/tag/2012">2012</a>, <a href="/tag/tareq-salahi">Tareq Salahi</a>, <a href="/tag/michele-bachmann">Michele Bachmann</a>, <a href="/tag/polling">Polling</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-arizona-polls">Obama Arizona Polls</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-election">2012 Election</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney-2012">Mitt Romney 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama-2012">Barack Obama 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/the-life-of-julia">The Life of Julia</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/fearful-political-ads_n_1472536.html 2012-05-02T16:11:41Z 2012-05-03T16:00:49Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ This week, the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death inspired the Obama campaign to release an ad, titled "One Chance," in which former President Bil... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/2012-speculatron">2012 Speculatron</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/fearmongering">Fearmongering</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-election">2012 Election</a>, <a href="/tag/campaign-ads">Campaign Ads</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/political-ads">Political Ads</a>, <a href="/tag/slideexpand">Slideexpand</a>, <a href="/tag/campaign-adwatch">Campaign Adwatch</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-romney-bin-laden-ad">Obama-Romney-Bin-Laden-Ad</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-bin-laden-ad">Obama Bin Laden Ad</a>, <a href="/tag/2012">2012</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/late-returns-candidates-not-doing-well_n_1472654.html 2012-05-02T19:23:00Z 2012-05-02T19:23:54Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Last week, we reported on the newly minted "Draft David Walker" movement, a campaign to get the former head of the Government Accountability Office i... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/indiana-senate-primary">Indiana-Senate-Primary</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-speculatron">2012 Speculatron</a>, <a href="/tag/ann-romney">Ann Romney</a>, <a href="/tag/indiana-senate-2012">Indiana Senate 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/michael-bloomberg">Michael Bloomberg</a>, <a href="/tag/americans-elect">Americans Elect</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney">Mitt Romney</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/2012">2012</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/dick-lugar">Dick Lugar</a>, <a href="/tag/newt-gingrich-2012">Newt Gingrich 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-election">2012 Election</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney-2012">Mitt Romney 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/richard-mourdock">Richard Mourdock</a>, <a href="/tag/late-returns">Late Returns</a>, <a href="/tag/media-criticism">Media Criticism</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama-2012">Barack Obama 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/newt-gingrich">Newt Gingrich</a>, <a href="/tag/indiana-elections-2012">Indiana Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/david-walker">David Walker</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/jon-huntsman-mitt-romney_n_1471770.html 2012-05-02T14:53:34Z 2012-05-02T15:00:50Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ It hasn't always been easy to track what Jon Huntsman thinks about ... well, anything, really. He's a very confusing guy. And that's never been more c... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/2012-speculatron">2012 Speculatron</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/jon-huntsman">Jon Huntsman</a>, <a href="/tag/jon-huntsman-third-party">Jon-Huntsman-Third-Party</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-election">2012 Election</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney-2012">Mitt Romney 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney">Mitt Romney</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/jon-huntsman-endorsement">Jon-Huntsman-Endorsement</a>, <a href="/tag/2012">2012</a>, <a href="/tag/jon-huntsman-2012">Jon Huntsman 2012</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/roland-sledge-campaign-ad_n_1471087.html 2012-05-02T12:08:36Z 2012-05-02T12:07:05Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Zeke Miller gifts the internet with this latest campaign ad treat, from Roland Sledge, a Republican running for Texas Railroad Commissioner, which is ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/2012-speculatron">2012 Speculatron</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-elections">2012 Elections</a>, <a href="/tag/roland-sledge-ad">Roland Sledge Ad</a>, <a href="/tag/campaign-ads">Campaign Ads</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/roland-sledge-campaign-ad">Roland Sledge Campaign Ad</a>, <a href="/tag/campaign-adwatch">Campaign Adwatch</a>, <a href="/tag/texas-railroad-commission">Texas Railroad Commission</a>, <a href="/tag/roland-sledge-texas">Roland Sledge Texas</a>, <a href="/tag/roland-sledge">Roland Sledge</a>, <a href="/tag/2012">2012</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/27/2012-election-speculatron_n_1459849.html 2012-04-27T18:13:00Z 2012-04-27T18:12:40Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Everyone knows that the curtain came down on the 2012 GOP Primary a few weeks ago, but it wasn't until this week -- after Rick Santorum had taken his ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/2012-speculatron">2012 Speculatron</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-speculation">2012 Speculation</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney">Mitt Romney</a>, <a href="/tag/romney-nomination">Romney-Nomination</a>, <a href="/tag/general-election">General Election</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/2012">2012</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama-2012-campaign">Barack Obama 2012 Campaign</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney-2012-campaign">Mitt Romney 2012 Campaign</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-election">2012 Election</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney-2012">Mitt Romney 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/slidepollajax">Slidepollajax</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama-2012">Barack Obama 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/general-election-2012">General Election 2012</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/25/fred-karger-sexy-frisbee-_n_1453526.html 2012-04-25T17:08:00Z 2012-04-25T17:08:29Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Fred Karger's longshot bid for the White House typically doesn't get much attention, primarily because he was deemed too unpopular in polls to compete... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/2012-speculatron">2012 Speculatron</a>, <a href="/tag/campaign-ads">Campaign Ads</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/fred-karger">Fred Karger</a>, <a href="/tag/campaign-adwatch">Campaign Adwatch</a>, <a href="/tag/2012">2012</a>, <a href="/tag/california-gay-marriage">California Gay Marriage</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-election">2012 Election</a>, <a href="/tag/sexy-frisbee">Sexy Frisbee</a>, <a href="/tag/fred-karger-sexy-frisbee">Fred Karger Sexy Frisbee</a>, <a href="/tag/youtube">Youtube</a>, <a href="/tag/censorship">Censorship</a>, <a href="/tag/fred-karger-2012">Fred Karger 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-issues">Gay Issues</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/24/newt-gingrich-delaware-north-carolina_n_1450846.html 2012-04-24T21:55:06Z 2012-04-24T21:57:49Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Tonight, Newt Gingrich had his hopes pinned on a Delaware win. Newt lost Delaware early, and handily. Ergo, Newt is now more or less hopeless. But he ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/2012-speculatron">2012 Speculatron</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-speculation">2012 Speculation</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/newt-gingrich-2012">Newt Gingrich 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/delaware-primary">Delaware Primary</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-election">2012 Election</a>, <a href="/tag/north-carolina-primary">North Carolina Primary</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney-2012">Mitt Romney 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney">Mitt Romney</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/newt-gingrich-delaware">Newt Gingrich Delaware</a>, <a href="/tag/newt-gingrich-dropping-out">Newt Gingrich Dropping Out</a>, <a href="/tag/newt-gingrich">Newt Gingrich</a>, <a href="/tag/delaware-primary-2012">Delaware Primary 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/2012">2012</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/24/newt-gingrich-delaware-primary_n_1450270.html 2012-04-24T17:25:56Z 2012-04-24T17:25:58Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Tonight, voters in Connecticut, Delaware, Rhode Island, New York and Pennsylvania will cast their votes in their state's GOP primaries. Hey, remember the GOP primaries? Those were fun. And, for all intents and purposes, I sort of figured that the primary season was a done deal, and now that Rick Santorum isn't standing astride the Keystone State, shouting "No!" at Mitt Romney, there wasn't much to be excited about. But it looks like I missed a memo or something, because I should apparently treat Newt Gingrich as if he's up to something game-changing in "the tiny but dangerous state of Delaware." <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/2012-speculation">2012 Speculation</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-speculatron">2012 Speculatron</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/newt-gingrich-2012">Newt Gingrich 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/delaware-primary">Delaware Primary</a>, <a href="/tag/delaware-primary-2012">Delaware-Primary-2012</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-election">2012 Election</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney-2012">Mitt Romney 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney">Mitt Romney</a>, <a href="/tag/delaware">Delaware</a>, <a href="/tag/newt-gingrich-delaware">Newt Gingrich Delaware</a>, <a href="/tag/newt-gingrich">Newt Gingrich</a>, <a href="/tag/2012">2012</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p>